Daily observations about following Jesus
I didn’t win the contest. The prize was a free online course about care of the soul. I had read from most of the course materials but, as I said in the email, “I’m at a point of needing to be “encouraged” to go through the material in a structured way, though I’ve read from several […]
Read More…Jesus would take into account that everything he wrote would be read by a wide range of audiences. Jesus would tell stories that had clear meanings, meanings that were intentionally divisive, meanings that were hope to some readers and a dagger to others. Jesus would leave some comments unanswered. Jesus wouldn’t try to persuade. Jesus […]
Read More…Sometimes we don’t know how to develop people. I’ve got a list of five things to do, after I give some background. Aquila and Priscilla were refugees. They left Rome when the emperor made Jews leave. They ended up in Corinth, about 700 miles away, making tents. It was a portable trade, in more ways that one. […]
Read More…I was writing this post the other day while I was vacuuming. I was writing in my head. I had been rereading In His Steps, an old book that was the inspiration for the WWJD bracelets. In this 1897 novel, Charles Sheldon considers what would happen if a disciple of Jesus committed “to try to […]
Read More…I work at a church. Every Sunday morning, I know that someone will ask me how I’m doing. I know that someone will say, “How was your week.” And I will not know how to answer the questions. So I decided to figure out how to have an answer. 1. Don’t think, “I wonder why […]
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